Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2016

I’m not proposing that anyone promise things that they don’t intend to deliver, but it’s time that founders switch to start selling their product before they build it, rather than believing the old adage of “if we build it, they will come.” Craft and hone your elevator pitch early.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Twelve months into my startup journey I had four half-built websites that had been built by my four ex-technical co-founders. He was a delegator, not a doer. There’s the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2010

One strategy may be to utilize search engine traffic to bring in customers. Finally, you will develop tactics such as building quality links to your website through social media and professional article writing to boost your rankings in the search engines. Today's guest blog is by Adam Hoeksema, founder of the ExecutivePlan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As a hardware engineer, you already know the value, importance, and layout of a spec to keep you focused, but you may not be so familiar with the key elements of a business plan, and the way to use it to support and add credibility to your hardware solution. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 24, 2020

Everyone seems to have their elevator pitch down of themselves, their company, and what they are doing. This has everything to do with the engineering talent working on a problem, the NPS score from customers, and the paying clients that are excited to tell a friend about what they are doing.

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VC Cafe

JULY 3, 2011

I think we interviewed ~35 engineers (yes I know, it’s crazy) and each interview I would repeat my pitch while explaining our dream. After a while I could tell during the pitch if I was passionate enough just by looking at the person’s reaction – when I wasn’t the engineer was much harder to convince. Bootstrapping.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia ( source ) Michael Eisenberg, co-founder of Aleph, an Israeli venture firm, said in a recent post: “What is the elevator pitch for investing in Israel for the next decade? credit rating forecast dropped in November, and since then the S&P 500 index has jumped by 15%.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

So, if you were the founder of a green energy startup in Sydney, Australia, you would Google “green energy business incubator in Sydney, Australia.”. The first search engine result that is not an ad appears promising: EnergyLab. At Bplans, we believe founders know their businesses best. Complete Elevator Pitch Guide.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

It was amazing to see the two founders, Fred Durham and Maheesh Jain, build a $100 million company from coffee cups and T-shirts. But Cafepress’s most memorable moment was when the founders used a “Lessons Learned” VC pitch to raise their second round of funding and got an 8-digit term sheet that same afternoon.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

For any startup founder pitching their idea to investors, landing the deal is never a guarantee. In this article, I will share how founders can blow investors’ minds by basing their pitch on four strong pillars that are not only essential to make an impact but also to make you understand what is expected out of your business idea.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2015

I think a lot of times, literally the concept of an elevator pitch implies, you don’t have a PowerPoint to open, right? Jonathan: Right and there are some cases where you won’t have a handy dandy pitch available. Peter, today we have Park Howell, who is the founder and president of Park&Co. Peter: Absolutely.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine. Google App Engine. Elevator Pitches.

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